You Shall not Recognize the Gods of Others

In the Torah section of Re’eh (Devarim 12:2-3),  G-d exhorts the children of Israel upon their entry into the Land of Israel at the time populated, as discussed previously, by the bestial pagan Canaanites: “You shall utterly destroy all the places wherein the nations which you shall possess served their gods…And you shall overthrow their […]